Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: everything you must know about this latest luxury

Bullet train in India is soon going to become reality, thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Make in India’ initiative. Last year, PM Modi along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, set the foundation stone for the bullet train service between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. It is being anticipated that the project will be completed by the year 2022.

Let’s take a look at the top 10 details about this glorious Indian rail project:

1) Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train will run at the speed of 320 km/ph and will complete the journey in just 2 hours. As of now, the normal trains between Mumbai and Ahmedabad take around 7 hours.

2) Bullet trains will be available in every 20 minutes from Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex, making the journey between the two cities easier and less time consuming.

3) As per reports, the bullet trains will have 10 coaches having capacity for 750 passengers, and by the year 2033, it will become 15 coaches increasing the seating capacity to 1,250 passengers.

4) There will be two coaches, namely economy and executive, having a seating configuration of 3+2 and 2+2, respectively.

5) The best feature of the bullet trains will be the vacuum toilets. The toilets will also have baby seats for little ones along with a separate washrooms for female, male and divyangjan.

6) For the convenience of feeding mothers and sick passengers, the bullet trains will also feature multi-purpose room. Luggage space, staff rooms (having facility of tea/coffee makers, boiling water and refrigerators, among others), folding beds, fast food vendors will also be there.

7) Seats of bullet trains will have automatic rotation facility.

8) For the convenience of business/executive class passengers, there will be seats with leg rests, more luggage space.

9) As per reports, every 10 days, special train will check tracks in order to ensure safety of the passengers.

10) Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis said that the fare of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train will be like normal railway fare.

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Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: everything you must know about this latest luxury

Bullet train in India is soon going to become reality, thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Make in India’ initiative. Last year, PM Modi along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ...